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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 1977
Filed:
May. 10, 1976
Applicant:
Inventor:
Rolf Muller, Trier-Ehrang, DT;
Assignee:
The Mead Corporation, Dayton, OH (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
53 48 ;
Abstract
Apparatus for forming a wrapper about a group of articles, the wrapper having a top wall, side walls, bottom panels, end flaps, and a pair of outer flap parts integral with each end flap, the apparatus comprising means for moving the wrappers along a continuous path, a pair of fold elements pivotally mounted and adapted to fold the end flaps in an upward direction by a first cam means, and the fold elements being adapted to swing inwardly by a second cam means and thereby to press the outer flap parts against the associated side wall.